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“Farewell
has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-bye is short and final, a word with teeth
sharp to bite through the string that ties past to the future.”
― John Steinbeck.

It is with
a bit heavy heart I write these lines, but I have to announce my retirement
from modding for World of Tanks. I stood by the game since 6.6 came in August
2011 and started modding shortly afterwards. Looking back, I can say I learned
a lot about coding and I had quite a good time doing so. :)

Lately it
however felt more like a 2nd job working hard and less than a fun hobby to get
all the mods working again with the next patch. Having lately spent almost the
entire month since release to get everything working again to my standards,
seeing it all go to hell again with the next CT iteration is very frustrating.
(I know WG is reworking the game to finally have a nice mod API, but the
current transition is slowly killing me. I hope future modders that fill the
hole I leave behind will benefit from it.)

I will keep
my account, and likely play the game once in a while, but to be honest I also
do not like the way WoT is evolving more towards a FPS style game lately. Maps
I quite liked for the difference they make in playstyle like Dragon Ridge ("Oh
gawd..heavies take a minute to climb the hill!!!!" - So what? Use the time
to think about tactics and look at the minimap for a change.) and others get
removed or remoddeled into closed off corridors with no proper means of
crossfire support. It also feels there are less and less tanks with some unique
playstyles or properties. Everything gets nerfed or buffed to achieve almoste
the same level.

TL:DR: I
need to take a break from modding and WoT in general. I most likely will not
return to modding this game, as the process devours too much of my spare time,
that I'd like to put towards other fun or family related activities.

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“Farewell
has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-bye is short and final, a word with teeth
sharp to bite through the string that ties past to the future.”
― John Steinbeck.

It is with
a bit heavy heart I write these lines, but I have to announce my retirement
from modding for World of Tanks. I stood by the game since 6.6 came in August
2011 and started modding shortly afterwards. Looking back, I can say I learned
a lot about coding and I had quite a good time doing so. :)

Lately it
however felt more like a 2nd job working hard and less than a fun hobby to get
all the mods working again with the next patch. Having lately spent almost the
entire month since release to get everything working again to my standards,
seeing it all go to hell again with the next CT iteration is very frustrating.
(I know WG is reworking the game to finally have a nice mod API, but the
current transition is slowly killing me. I hope future modders that fill the
hole I leave behind will benefit from it.)

I will keep
my account, and likely play the game once in a while, but to be honest I also
do not like the way WoT is evolving more towards a FPS style game lately. Maps
I quite liked for the difference they make in playstyle like Dragon Ridge ("Oh
gawd..heavies take a minute to climb the hill!!!!" - So what? Use the time
to think about tactics and look at the minimap for a change.) and others get
removed or remoddeled into closed off corridors with no proper means of
crossfire support. It also feels there are less and less tanks with some unique
playstyles or properties. Everything gets nerfed or buffed to achieve almoste
the same level.

TL:DR: I
need to take a break from modding and WoT in general. I most likely will not
return to modding this game, as the process devours too much of my spare time,
that I'd like to put towards other fun or family related activities.

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1 patron

Every little amount helps. I cannot offer anything time consuming on this basic pledge level, but be assured I appreciate your contribution. :)